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Apr 2025
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Bilge Yesil on Turkey's narrowing media ...

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
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Bilge Yesil on Turkey's narrowing media landscape and internet crackdown amid political turbulence, protests and mounting pressure on critics.

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